Thick carrot and lentil soup
Thick carrot and lentil soup

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, thick carrot and lentil soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Thick carrot and lentil soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Thick carrot and lentil soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Today's soup uses that soup as the base but adds in carrots along with a few additional ingredients. The carrots compliment the tomatoes and lentils nicely, bringing a sweet flavor to the soup. One of my favorite things about this soup is that you can freeze half for later.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook thick carrot and lentil soup using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:
  1. Take 4 medium carrots
  2. Make ready 1 large onion
  3. Take 3 clove of garlic
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp veg oil
  5. Take 1 pints water or veg stock (approx)
  6. Get 2 cup red lentils
  7. Get 1 tsp butter (optional)
  8. Take 1 salt and pepper to taste
  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric (optional)
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground coriander (optional)
  11. Prepare 1 pinch ground cumin (optional)

Our red lentil soup with carrots is a simple lentil soup recipe. Lentils are fantastic for making thick creamy soups and this lightly spiced recipe is so tasty. Best served topped with a spoonful of yoghurt and a sprinkle of fresh chopped coriander. I make this soup with lentils, carrots, turmeric, and fresh lemon whenever I'm in need of some healthy comfort food.

Instructions to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:
  1. Peel and coarsely chop carrots, onion and garlic.
  2. Add all to pan with oil and fry for 3-4 mins.
  3. Add stock/water and increase heat to boil.
  4. Rinse lentils then add to pan.
  5. Add spices now if including them.
  6. Boil for 10 mins then simmer for 20-30 mins until lentils and carrots are soft and cooked, stirring often.
  7. Add butter if you're using it.
  8. Depending on how thick you like soup, you may need to add more hot water/stock.
  9. Blend until smooth, (season with salt and pepper if required) and serve.

Lentils — I use brown, red, or French lentils to make the soup and add them uncooked. The lentils cook up to be soft, plus I love the nutritional benefits of lentils. Not only is this Carrot and Lentil soup cheap, easy to make and healthy, you can eat tons of vegetables in one bowl without really even realising it. If it starts to look a little thick, add a little more water. wonderful soup, low fat, easy and cheap. PS: If you make my curried carrot and lentil soup, don't forget to tag me on Instagram as @lazycatkitchen and use the #lazycatkitchen hashtag.

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